Tangy beetroot & bean salad

Tangy beetroot & bean salad

This zesty summer salad makes an unusual addition to a buffet spread

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

plus cooling
Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Dairy-free

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Wearing kitchen gloves, peel and trim the beets and cut into 2cm wedges. Place them on a large sheet of tin foil, then toss with 1 tbsp oil, half the orange zest and seasoning. Cook for 45 mins-1 hr until they can be easily pierced with a fork. Leave to cool.
  2. Cook soya beans for 3 mins in boiling water until softened. Drain, cool under the cold tap, then drain again. Strip leaves from the thyme and whisk with the vinegar, remaining olive oil and shallot. When you're ready to serve, toss everything together and scatter over the remaining zest.
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GOOD TO KNOW

Soya beans (or edamame beans) look and taste like broad beans, but are easier to prepare as you don't need to double shell them. Buy them frozen at supermarkets or you can also use broad beans.

MAKE IT EASY

You can roast the beetroot up to 2 days in advance or you can buy ready-roasted. This dressing goes well with all sorts of salads so it's worth making double or triple, then storing it in the fridge.

PER SERVING

172 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 4g, sugar 2g, salt 0.04 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2009.

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  • 27 July 2009

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I used broad beans and beetroot from the garden and served it with fish.

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  • 28 April 2010

    mirrorbright commented on this recipe

    Yummy i can imagine the fish went perfectly lynsey. I like to have edamame beans with a light soya sauce with mackrel or other fish. not salmon. not too good with salmon. yummy

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

plus cooling
Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Dairy-free

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PER SERVING

172 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 4g, sugar 2g, salt 0.04 g

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